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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 13, 2018
Filed:
Nov. 14, 2014
The Royal Institution for the Advancement of Learning / MC Gill University, Montréal, CA;
Mark Trifiro, Montréal, CA;
Miltiadis Paliouras, Laval, CA;
Philip Roche, Mont-Royal, CA;
Idit Dotan, Toronto, CA;
Lenore Beitel, Montéal, CA;
Carlos Alvarado, Dollard-des-Ormeaux, CA;
Matthew Carnevale, Montréal, CA;
Elliot Jonathan Mitmaker, Montréal, CA;
THE ROYAL INSTITUTION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF LEARNING/MC GILL UNIVERSITY, Montreal, Quebec, CA;
Abstract
A bionanofluid includes a carbon-based nanomaterial substantially mono-dispersed in a fluid. The carbon-based nanomaterial is surface modified with a polar group when the fluid is polar or with a non-polar group when the fluid is non-polar, and functionalized with a biological targeting moiety to allow specific association of the carbon-based nanomaterial to a targeted entity. A hybrid bionanofluid includes the bionanofluid, with the carbon-based nanomaterial further modified with a hybrid nanoparticle which includes an alloy, transition metal, semi-conductor, semi-metal or polymer based nanoparticle with biological targeting moiety. A hydrogel, foam, cream, spray or dried product includes the bionanofluid or hybrid bionanofluid. The bionanofluid or hybrid bionanofluid are useful in multimodal imaging (photo-luminescence, luminescence, photo-acoustic, MRI, ultrasound) and/or cellular targeting.